While We Run by Karen Healey

Author:Karen Healey [HEALEY, KAREN]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: urn|ean|9780316233828
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

In the morning, word came that the roads to the south were cleared. A few people, against the advice of the police, were already starting to leave—either to stay with family and friends somewhere else, or to find out what damage the fires had done to their homes. Apparently, the new base of operations of Save Tegan was in the North, so Hurfest and Lat were waiting for the way to be declared safe before they took us there.

I, of course, had other plans. We had the car, we had the supplies, we had the EMP, and we had a couple of computers that Bethari had managed to smuggle out of the underground complex. We just needed to be left alone with them for long enough to make our escape. I racked my brain for an excuse to get Washington, Lat and Hurfest all gone at the same time—preferably far enough away that they wouldn’t see our direction as we went.

But they seemed content to stay at the car throughout that long day. Once, Washington went to get more water, and Dr. Carmen suggested that Lat and Hurfest check in with the disparate groups again. Hurfest patronizingly explained that excess communication increased the chance of being traced and didn’t move an inch. Once, Lat strolled off to see if he could increase our weapons cache, and I was sure that Tegan and Bethari and I could have overwhelmed the unarmed Hurfest between us. But not without drawing attention to ourselves. And we certainly couldn’t defeat Washington, who was armed and would have been a match for us even if she weren’t.

As the day drifted on, in smoke and sweat, the strain between Hurfest’s intentions and our secret plans began to grow.

I was practiced at concealing my true feelings, and Joph wore her serenity like a mask. Even Tegan had gotten better at lying. Not as good at it as I was, but she could keep quiet and nod along every time Hurfest talked about her exciting new role as speaker for the Save Tegan movement. But Bethari was jittery, constantly tweaking her clothes or twitching her fingers. I hoped that could be accounted for by her anger over the EMP, a subject both Lat and Hurfest walked very carefully around.

There was no credible reason for Marie’s behavior when Hurfest asked about her research.

“No,” she said. “I don’t want to talk about it.”

Hurfest looked patient, an expression that was becoming more and more strained as the day wore on. “We don’t need the medical details; anything you can tell us about the progress of the revival project would be very helpful. So far, Tegan’s the only survivor. If she’s likely to remain so for some time, we retain a lot of leverage. Just an indication of how long it will be until more people can be safely revived—”

“You have all my records of my work until I was imprisoned,” Marie said. “Anything I did after that was done under duress and is thus unethical medical research.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.